Seth and Dean finished rescuing all the workers. Luckily, there were no fatalities or serious injuries. However, Daily The Club suffered extensive damage to the building and machinery.

"I am relieved to know that despite our problems, you are here helping these people." Dean told his partner.

"I'm not a heartless bastard as you sure think." Seth replied.

And yet this kind gesture didn't make Dean feel any better about his brother. Seth was still sponsoring The Miz.

The auburn haired man looked around, they were on top of another building, facing the burned one. The losses were millionaire and surely irreparable.

"A lot of people are going to be unemployed." Dean muttered. "I don't think this place can work again."

And this also saddened Dean. Lately, the auburn haired man was feeling in his soul all the tragedies that surrounded this city.

...

It was almost noon when Dean arrived at the Foundation. He hadn't seen Seth at all since last night. Dean looked at the front page of one of the newspapers: the news was divided between the great fire in DailyThe Club and the debate between the mayoral candidates of Utopia.

"I was about to tell Roman everything last night and the fire stopped me." Dean thought frustrated. "And tonight I'll have to be in that debate with Seth, watching at the bastard he sponsors, feeling even more miserable because I don't want to be a part of this."

Upon entering his office, he found Roman repairing a bookcase. Dean sighed. At least something made his day better. He must find a good time to tell him the truth.

"I have to apologize to you, I left so fast." Dean said softly.

Roman shook his head. "You're a busy man, I guess your life is always like this."

"It's a bit chaotic sometimes." Dean admitted. "It must be why I like you so much, you remind me that not everything has to be so complicated, so full of ulterior motives, the environment in which I operate is often superficial and frivolous."

Roman looked intently at his boss. This morning Dean looked so melancholic. And although the Samoan had made it clear last night that there was someone else, he now felt an huge desire to comfort Dean.

"Tell me, what can I do to help you?" Roman looked at him empathetically.

"Even if you don't understand, you're already helping me Roman." Dean sighed. "Last night I was about to tell you something very important but I had to attend to an emergency. I would like to tell you now."

Roman blinked a few times. Last night, the interaction between them was somewhat jovial. Today was different. Dean was very sad.

"Randy already mentioned that I am the son of one of Seth's parents' bodyguards. My father was my hero, he was one of those men who believe they can change the world by changing the little things around them. You remind me a lot of him".

Roman was overwhelmed by Dean's words. He now understood why the other man seemed to gravitate around him.

"He died doing his duty and Seth's parents took me under their wings. So, Seth and I grew up together and he has always been like my brother. We have shared so many things, we even share a gift that lately feels mostly like a curse".

"A curse?" Roman was puzzled.

"It's a gift that Seth's mother gave us, or well that was her intention at least... something that made us close as brothers, but now, is irretrievably breaking us apart." Dean continued.

"Hence your melancholy." Roman smiled sadly. "You feel like you're losing your brother."

"Yes," Dean looked at Roman with deep sadness. "Lately, I don't even recognize him."

Roman was overcome by Dean's sadness, and he approached him. Dean wanted to lose himself in those dark eyes. Obviously, Roman wanted to help but he didn't know how.

"I'm going to tell you about that gift. It's a truth that I hope you understand... Think how much I must trust you to reveal it to you." Dean took Roman's hands.

"But you hardly know me." Roman said something nervous.

"No. In fact, you and I know each other better than you think." Dean reflected Roman's nervousness.

"What are you talking about?"

"Roman, I am..."

The door was slammed open and an enraged man burst into the office. Dean released Roman's hands at that moment.

"I've been trying to track down Seth Rollins and his security team hasn't let me get anywhere near Rollins Industries!" The man yelled angrily. "So I came to talk to his lap dog!"

Dean's secretary looked at him apologetically. "I tried to stop him."

"Okay, just please close the door when you leave." Dean nodded at the woman.

She did that and then Dean reacted equally angrily. "Who the hell do you think you are?"

"I'm Finn Balor, one of the best investigative reporters for Daily The Club!" The man yelled. "And of course you know who I am! You sure helped Seth Rollins to set my workplace on fire!"

Dean was pale. "But what does Seth have to do with that?"

Finn snorted. "Yesterday, I was at Rollins Industries showing him a folder with copies of all the evidence from years of investigations against Mike Mizanin, a story I was about to publish. And since I thought Seth was not like Randy Orton, I wanted to warn him what kind of person he was sponsoring. Mr. Rollins said he would do something about it, and yesterday Daily The Club was set on fire."

Dean wanted to deny Finn's words but was speechless. Seth couldn't be capable of such a thing.

"Maybe it was just a horrible coincidence?" Dean finally found his voice. "Do you have proof that it was on purpose?"

"You think I'm stupid! Today is the debate, and coincidentally, not only did the fire happen, but just an hour ago my boss told us that Seth Rollins offered to buy Daily The Club, and since he lost a lot of money, he will sell it. Daily The Club is the biggest in this city. Seth Rollins now controls a mass media to blindfold and brainwash people to support his candidate and silence the truth. He killed two birds with the same stone."

Dean shook his head. Seth couldn't be capable of such a thing. Dean refused to believe Finn Balor's words.

"Even if what you say is true, you should still have that evidence, I don't think you lost everything in the fire." Dean chided. "If everything you say is true, the city should know. I'll go talk to Seth and..." Dean swallowed. "I assure you, the truth will come out."

Finn rolled his eyes. "Seth Rollins told me that and guess what? Now, I work for him. But even then he won't silence me, the truth will come out and Seth Rollins, you and everyone associated with all of you, will be unmasked as accomplices of that corrupt people. I know fighting powerful people like you is stupid, but someone has to do it. Justice will prevail one way or another."

With that said, Finn Balor left the office as fast as he arrived. Dean was stunned. He couldn't believe all this. He felt everything around him collapsing. Seth couldn't have caused all of this to cover up the misdeeds of The Miz... could he?

Roman felt the desperation in Dean's soul so he led the other man to the armchair. There, the auburn-haired man almost flopped onto the couch.

"Roman, I swear I didn't know about this. I still don't know what that evidence is. Seth never mentioned that." Dean said desperately as he took the Samoan's hands again.

"Do you think Seth is capable of something like that?" Roman looked at Dean sadly.

"I want to believe that he isn't..." But Dean wasn't so sure anymore.

"You said you didn't recognize him lately." Roman muttered.

"I swear I want to believe that Balor is lying." The pain in Dean's voice was obvious.

"Maybe he is." Roman squeezed Dean's hands trying to calm him down.

But in Roman's gaze, Dean noticed that the samoan believed in Finn Balor. Maybe Finn was another guy like Roman or Jon. People who, without any kind of gift, were trying to make this world a better place. People who try to do justice on their own and find all kinds of obstacles from powerful people like Seth or like... himself.

"It seems that everything is against me." Dean released one of Roman's hands and brought it to the Samoan's face, gently cupping one of his cheeks. "I have done nothing but try to make you change your mind about me and everything keeps accusing me."

Roman didn't understand why, but Dean's sadness shook his heart. He closed his eyes surrendering to the gentle caress.

"But I don't think badly of you. You say you didn't know anything and I believe you." Roman said sincerely.

Dean was overwhelmed. "Do you really believe me?"

Roman nodded with a reassuring little smile.

Dean felt a huge relief and at the same time a bit of shame. "You are giving me the vote of confidence that I denied you when we met."

"People make mistakes and I can't judge you. I also have thousands of flaws and that day I did wrong too. I thought you were like Randy Orton, it was a big mistake." Roman admitted, as he enjoyed the warmth of Dean's hand on his face.

"You are definitely the one." Dean smiled wistfully. "You feel it, don't you? Even if you can't understand it, you can feel it. I have to go talk to Seth but no matter what happens or even if the world collapses around us, tonight I'm going to tell you the whole truth".

"You're right, I don't understand." And despite that, Roman's gaze held nothing but confidence.

"You will understand." Dean smiled more calmly. "Now I must go. I need to know the truth that Finn Balor spoke of."

"I hope everything goes well between you and your brother." Roman smiled slightly at him.

"Even if things don't go well, I still have you." Dean brought his face close to Roman's, placing a soft kiss on the other man's forehead.

Roman felt his entire body reacting to that kiss. This couldn't be happening, he hardly knew this man and he also had such strong feelings for another.

Dean stood up and walked to the door.

"Tonight you will know everything."

That said, he left the office leaving Roman in a sea of confusion for his words and for what that simple brotherly kiss made him feel.